Lots of webmasters installed and started using forums on their sites over the last years. As a result of the high interest, many hosting companies have started supporting some of the most preferred bulletin boards - phpBB, Simple Machines Forum, Invision Power Board and vBulletin. However, not so many web hosts have the special expertise needed to serve a forum. That is why at Forum Hosting Directory, we have researched the most reliable forum web hosting services and ranked the Best 10 Hosts, known for offering professional forum support and a powerful set of features.

SiteGround web hosting services more than 10,000 forum sites built on phpBB, SMF, vBulletin, IPB, etc. SiteGround offers installation of forum application, forum tutorials and expert technical assistance.

Provider

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

forum Bonus

Review

$5.95

750 GB

7500 GB

Free

Free professional phpBB installation; Free phpBB templates; Forum tutorials
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LSMedia

LSMedia offers free phpBB installation and setup. The hosting packages support PHP, unlimited MySQL databases and FTP access.

Provider

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

forum Bonus

Review

LSMedia

$16.60

1 GB

10 GB

$9.95

Free phpbb installation
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The top positions in our chart are occupied by SiteGround and LSMedia. These two companies offer the best forum hosting services. Apart from the standard features they provide many extra services for forum users like free forum installation, forum upgrades, installation of forum addons and more. SiteGround forum hosting plan is ranked higher due to its lower price and richer plan features.

Simple Host

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$7.50

Unlimited

3000GB

Free

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Host Department

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$5.95

Unlimited

Unlimited

Free

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Viza Web

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$7.95

10 GB

100 GB

Free

Auto installation of Forums; Forum tutorials; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Lunarpages

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$6.95

350

3500

Free

Free Installation via Fantastico
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BlueHost

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$7.95

1500

15000

Free

Auto-Installation
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Host Gator

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$6.95

350

3000

$15.00

Instant Forums Installation via Fantastico
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Fast Domain Hosting

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$7.95

Unlimited

Unlimited

Free

Auto installation of Forums; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Webhostingpad

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$6.95

Unlimited

Unlimited

Free

Auto installation of Forums; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Net Firms

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$9.95

250GB

2000GB

Free

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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iPowerWeb

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.95

1500GB

15000GB

Free

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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phpBB Hacks

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$25.00

4 GB

100 GB

n/a

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Solid Hosting

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$8.95

0.2 GB

5 GB

Free

Auto installation of phpBB; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Web Hosting UK

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$3.35

200 MB

3000 MB

$14.00

Auto installation of Forums; PHP, MySQL, and FTP
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Online Institute

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$8.46

0.25 GB

5GB

$9.95

SMF forum pre-installed; paid forum addons; PHP, MySQL
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Deseek

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$9.95

2GB

25GB

Paid

Auto installed phpbb2 and SMF plus others also would install most others manually for free.
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Pctank

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.36

0.5GB

30GB

Paid

Software and Free Web Tools Site Management Tools Massive CGI Script Library
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NV Host

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$10.95

0.5 GB

2 GB

Free

Server-Side virus protection, web based e-mail, spam filters
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AluHost

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

13EUR

2500MB

50000MB

Paid

-
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HostQuack

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.95

5,000 MB

50,000 MB

Free Domain with Annual Hosting

Free Instant Installation forums in our Fantastico Deluxe Service
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UniHostWorld

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$3.95

15000 MB

150000 MB

Paid

Instant Forums Installation via Fantastico
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ASPHostCentral.com

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.99

2000 MB

15000 MB

FREE

Get FREE domain name, FREE 3 month hosting and 1 MSSQL 2005 Database by just paying $4.99/month
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ServerGrade Web Hosting

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

2.00

500

5000

Paid

Easy install and upgrade scripts
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VIARED

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$60/y

100MB

2000MB

Free

Quality Hosting with REAL 99.9% uptime. No overselling
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Dracula Hosting

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$2.00

1GB

Unlimited

Paid

We also sell Cheap Dedicated Servers
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Arvixe, LLC

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.00

300 GB

3000 GB

Paid or Free Subdomain: you.arvixe.com

All PHP Forums supported. PHPBB, IPB, SMF and other popular forum software installed automatically and for free through the control panel. Support for all popular forum software and their modules.
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Quality Hosting with REAL 99.9% uptime.

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

5.99

1 GB

10,000 MB

Paid

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Phpbbhosts

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

Free

unlimited

unlimited

free http://www.YOURFORUMNAME.phpbbhosts.co.uk/

Phpbbhosts is a free phpbb 3 forrum host with great uptime, excelent support staff, and a overal great hosts
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Warez Hosting and Host All Kind WebSite

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.20

1000 MB

20000 MB

Paid

Forum Support Online Chat Support Ticket Support
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www.safehosting.com/

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$2.99

unlimited

starting to build up

paid

excellent value for money free website included with over three hundred different templates cheap VPS
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IwisHost

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$1

500

50

free

We offer Premium Shared/Reseller/VPS Web Hosting plans on Linux & windows Servers and you can host Unlimited Domains and packages starting from $ 1/Month with 24X7 Support, there are no hidden fees, no hidden charges.
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M6.NET

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$3.75

2 GB

250 GB

paid

Save Money, Get more features and less restrictions that other hosts with all our Windows hosting plans. We’ve been and continue to be the most flexible Windows hosting provider on the internet for the lowest prices possible.
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000webhost

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.84

250 MB

100 GB

free

- 250 MB of Disk Space - 100 GB Bandwidth - Your own domain hosting - cPanel Control panel - Website Builder - Over 500 website templates ready for download - Free POP3 Email Box and Webmail access - FTP and Web based File Manager - PHP, MySQL, Perl, CGI, Ruby. - No Ads at all !
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x2Forums

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

Free

Unlimited

Unlimited

None

24/7 Forum Guarding \"Alive\" Support Forums PBLang, UseBB or phpBB2 hosting Attachments Avatar Gallery Preinstalled Themes
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Attila Hosting

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$4.95

400MB

15GB

$12.95

phpbb is installed for free on request
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Jcink Forum Boards

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

Free

unlimited

unlimited

Free Subdomain

Jcink Forum Boards is a modified version of Invision Power Board (IPB). It is a professional forum system that has been built from the ground up with speed and security in mind... a comprehensive administration control panel is included to help you keep your board running smoothly, written by Invision Power Services. Moderators will also enjoy the full range of options available to them via built-in tools and moderators control panel. Members will appreciate the ability to subscribe to topics, send private messages, and perform a host of other options through the user control panel...
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bullfroghost.net

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$3.95

unlimited

unlimited

free

Disk Storage (NOW MORE!) Unlimited Host UNLIMITED Domains (WOW!) web Host Check Free Drag and Drop Site Builder (NEW!) web Host Check Free Domain Name web Host Check Support International Domain Names web Host Check POP3/POP3 Secure Email Support 2,500 IMAP/Secure IMAP Email Support 2,500 3 Different Web Based Email Solutions web Host Check Forwarding Email Accounts Unlimited Email Autoresponder Unlimited Gigs of Site Transfer (NOW MORE!) Unlimited Add-on Domains Unlimited Parked Domains Unlimited Subdomains Unlimited Additional FTP Accounts 1,000 MySQL Databases 50 PostgreSQL Databases 50 CGI-BIN web Host Check CGI Library web Host Check Server Side Includes web Host Check Frontpage 2000/2002/2003 Extensions web Host Check Account \"Control Panel\" web Host Check FTP Access web Host Check Shell Access (SSH) web Host Check Override .htaccess Support web Host Check Anonymous FTP web Host Check Webmail (Browser Based Email) web Host Check Log Files + Site Stats web Host Check Customizable Error Pages web Host Check Web File Manager web Host Check Custom Cronjobs web Host Check Hotlink Protection web Host Check Spam Assassin Protection web Host Check Fantastico Script Support web Host Check CGI / DATABASES INCLUDED PHP 5 web Host Check Perl 5 web Host Check Python web Host Check Ruby / Ruby On Rails (NEW!!) web Host Check Support For Custom PHP.INI Files web Host Check MySQL 5 Database Server web Host Check PostgreSQL Database Server web Host Check Javascript/ DHTML web Host Check Flash / Shockwave web Host Check
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InNucleo - Alojamento Web

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$3.93 / mo

300 MB

6 GB

Paid

Instant Forums Installation via Fantastico.
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000WebHost

Price

Web Space

Traffic

Domain Name

Forum Bonus

Review

$0

1500MB

100GB

Free

They offer Free Web Hosting with no advertising, there is no catch, so what you see is what you get. 1500 MB Disk Space 100,000 MB Bandwidth Free Subdomain or Your Own Domain Automated Scripts Installer (20 Popular Scripts) FTP Access and Web Based File Manager Easy to use Website Builder 5 MySQL Databases with Full PHP Support Zend & Curl Enabled IMMEDIATE Activation!
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startup-express.com

Price